FMEA – failure mode and effects analysis
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Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is a structured approach to discovering potential failures that may exist within the design of a product or process.
In this pipe, a systematic method consisting of 10 steps is used to develop and manage the FMEA document.
Template structure
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1. Process or product name
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2. FMEA number
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3. Process owner
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4. Prepared by
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5. FMEA date
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6. Review
FMEAs to be performed
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1. What is the deadline for completing the FMEA?
1. Key process step
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1. List each process component in the FMEA table
2. Potential failure modes
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1. List the potential failure mode for each process step.
3. Potential failure effects
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1. List potential effects of each failure.
4. Severity
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1. Based on failure consequences, rate how severe each effect is considering 1 as not severe at all and 10 as extremely severe.
5. Occurrence
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1. Identify the causes of the failure mode/effect.
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2. Rate the causes considering 1 as highly unlikely to ever occur and 10 as expected to happen all the time.
6. Detection
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1. Identify the controls in place to detect the issue.
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2. Rate detection control effectiveness considering 1 as excellent control and 10 as no control or extremely weak control.
7. RPN
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1. Calculate the RPN of all the listed effects.
8. Action plan
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1. Action plan
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2. Checklist
- Decide which failures will be worked on based on the Risk Priority Numbers.
- Define actions for reducing the occurrence of the cause or improving detection.
- Define who is responsible for the recommended action.
9. Actions taken
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1. Implement the improvements identified by your FMEA team.
10. New RPN
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1. Reevaluate each of the potential failures once improvements have been made and determine the impact of the improvements.